Background*

Mrs. Sharon Percy Rockefeller has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of WETA TV/FM public stations in Washington, D.C. since 1989. Mrs. Rockefeller heads a vibrant civic and cultural institution in the nation's capital and a major national television production center. She served as Chairman of the Board of Corporation for Public Broadcasting for 4 years. She serves as a Director of Professional Bank Services, Inc. Mrs. Rockefeller has been a Director at ... Public Broadcasting Service, Washington, D.C. since 2006. She serves as Trustee of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and George Washington University. She served as an Independent Director of Pepsico, Inc. from 1986 to May 6, 2015 and served as its Presiding Director from May 2007 to May 2010. She served as a Director of Public Broadcasting Service until 1992, Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 1979 to 1992, WETA from 1985 to 1989 and Sotheby's from April 1998 to June 30, 2005. She serves as a Director of Stanford University, the University of Chicago and The Museum of Modern Art. Mrs. Rockefeller is a Member of the Trustee's Council of the National Gallery of Art, the Kennedy Center Community and Friends Board. She is a Trustee of The Phillips Collection and the Protestant/Episcopal Cathedral Foundation and of Washington D.C.'s Economic Club. She serves on national boards, including Johns Hopkins Medicine. She is also active in Rockefeller Family Boards and Foundations. She is active in a number of areas including education, fine arts, government and women's issues. She served on the Board of the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority for 10 years. She has been in the public broadcasting community for more than 30 years as a Leader, Innovator and Advocate. She has received many awards for her work, including the Charles Frankel Prize by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the CINE Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Women of Vision Award.

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